Yes, I know, it’s too hot to exercise. That’s not the kind of exercise I am going to talk about. Just like your muscles, your eye needs to be exercised. Sometimes you just need to go out and look and snap a few just to keep in shape. I have been neither photographing nor exercising much lately. Blame the heat but much credit surely goes to plain laziness.

Yesterday I got home early enough that I had time for a decent workout. Hi Knees, deep knee bends, pushups and pull ups and lots of stretching ( that’s decent for a middle aged man so don’t give me any guff). Afterwards I felt pretty good, loose and relaxed. Hmm, maybe I should do the same for my photography. I have’nt been very motivated  to shoot lately, so I decided I would exercise my photography muscles during lunch the next day.

I was amazed at how hesitant I was at first. It took me a little bit to feel comfortable shooting away on the street of Broadway again. But I finally did get loose. And while I did not get any brilliant masterpieces of photography, I at least was able to relax as I photographed on the street. It also put me back on the path of carrying my camera everywhere. It is after all what I call my little notebook.